{"product_id":"duncan-mackellar-rsw-after-the-hunt","title":"Duncan Mackellar RSW - After the Hunt","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"646\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuncan Mackellar RSW - After the Hunt, Oil on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Mackellar RSW (1849–1908) was especially known for finely observed genre scenes and elegant interiors, and this atmospheric composition is a strong example of that side of his work. Set within a richly appointed room, the painting shows three figures in eighteenth-century dress gathered around a fireplace, their poses suggesting a moment of conversation or quiet social drama. The subject has been catalogued as\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"471\"\u003eAfter the Hunt\u003c\/em\u003e, though the scene’s real appeal lies in its ambiguity: it feels like a paused narrative, inviting the viewer to imagine what has just happened, or what is about to be said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"1270\"\u003eMackellar handles the picture with notable delicacy. The warm red coats, pale patterned dress, tiled chimney-piece, and glowing floor all contribute to a harmonious interior of soft light and restrained colour. The composition is especially effective in the way it balances the standing male figure at right with the seated figure and the turned female figure in the foreground, creating both movement and tension within the room. As with some of Mackellar’s other interior subjects, the setting itself plays an important part in the picture’s charm, lending the work a sense of intimacy, refinement, and staged narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGiven the partial supplier’s mark for G. Davidson, 123 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, the picture was likely painted no earlier than 1879, when Davidson was at that address, and certainly no later than 1908, the year of Duncan Mackellar’s death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1553\"\u003eSigned lower right, this is an appealing late nineteenth-century Scottish genre painting by an artist admired for his sensitive treatment of figures and interiors. It presents very well, with the warm palette and period subject making it both decorative and historically evocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1827\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1566\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1569\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1580\"\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Duncan Mackellar RSW (Scottish, 1849–1908)\u003cbr data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1626\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1636\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1653\"\u003eAfter the Hunt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1675\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1686\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil on canvas\u003cbr data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1703\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1703\" data-end=\"1717\"\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed lower right\u003cbr data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1739\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1754\"\u003eImage Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 x 45 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1768\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003eFramed Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65 x 50 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1798\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1808\"\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Framed under glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"63Arts Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53659730215253,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1038\/7170\/9525\/files\/MackellarPlate.jpg?v=1775849259","url":"https:\/\/63arts.co.uk\/products\/duncan-mackellar-rsw-after-the-hunt","provider":"63Arts Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}